Reaction:CH3OH + SiCl4 → SiCl3OCH3 + HClRate expression:
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The authors investigated the gas phase reactions of SiCl4 with CH3OH and C2H5OH using both mass spectrometry and matrix isolation techniques. THey were able to identify the trichloroalkoxysilane as the reaction product. They also carried out ab initio calculations at the HF/6-31G(d) level.